Which Size Fabric Gift Wrap do I need?
It can be hard to know what size Fabric Wrapping to buy at first. Here we explain various different ways of working out what you need. There's a visual guide, an explanation and a table showing items typically given in gifts and what size fabric Gift Wrapping to use.
Size Guide
Small | Medium | Large | Extra Large | |
Wrap size | 30 x 30cm | 50 x 50cm | 75 x 75cm | 100 x 100cm |
Max gift length (cm) | 15cm | 25cm | 40cm | 50cm |
Maximum gift length for a CUBE | 10cm | 17cm | 26cm | 37cm |
Number of hands width | 1½
| 2½
| 4
| 5
|
Gift examples | Jewellery Tea lights Small notebook Small quiz box Gloves Small dish | Box Quality Street, Celebrations etc (240g) Bottles (wine & spirits) Books (novel, travel guide) T-shirt Mug Small Bowl Candle DVD | Technology (Large Headphones, Amazon Echo etc) Tin of Quality Street, Heros etc Large Travel guide Cushion (40cm) Standard Board game (monopoly) Coffee Table book Shirt, Jumper Shoe Box Medium Lego box | Large Board game Big Tech (Large speakers, PS4 etc) Jacket Large Lego Box |
A simple way to judge which size you need is to use your hands as a measuring tape. The width of a hand across knuckles is roughly 10cm wide.
The rule of thumb for wrapping with fabric is that the size of the fabric should be twice the length of the longest side of the gift. So if you are wrapping a gift that is 2 hands widths on it's longest side, you need a fabric wrap that is about 4 hand widths (about 40cm), so a Medium. If the item you are wrapping is a cube, go up a size.
Because ribbons are included in the design, you’re tying the ribbons, not the fabric. This means you need a smaller size wrap than you would for traditional Japanese Furoshiki.
We have 4 sizes of fabric wrapping:
- Small 30 x 30cm
- Medium 50 x 50cm
- Large 75 x 75cm
- Extra Large 100 x 100cm
